Tao Guangming's mouth was full of the smell of blood. He must have been scratched by the blade in his haste to cut the rope. However, he didn't even bother to wipe it, picked up the broken walkie-talkie, and trotted along the mountain road towards Cha County.
It will get dark soon.
The moonlight shines on the rugged mountain road, glowing with blue light.
The surroundings were quiet except for the strange calls of various night birds.
Qin Junsheng said: "How about we find a village and make a phone call."
Tao Guangming shook his head: "When we were building the base station, we studied all the maps near the county seat. I remember that this area is full of mountains, and the nearest village is far away from here."
Qin Junsheng said: "What should we do? We need to call the police as soon as possible."
Tao Guangming looked down at the walkie-talkie in his hand as he ran: "Now I can only hope that Li Wenjun's walkie-talkie is powerful."
The two people remained silent and just ran forward mechanically. They estimated that they had been running for more than three hours and were only about ten kilometers away from the county seat. Tao Guangming took out his walkie-talkie and turned it on, and the light turned on.
"Li Wenjun, your stuff is really strong."
As Tao Guangming spoke, tears were about to fall again.
Li Wenjun's things are strong, but people may not be able to carry them that well. He might have been killed and dumped by now.
He tried calling: "Tan Dailei, Dailei, are you there?"
In order to make it easier to call Tan Dailei, Li Wenjun recently gave Tan Dailei a walkie-talkie with the same band as the one he and Tao Guangming had.
But there was only a crackling noise from the intercom, and there was no sound other than that.
This is because the distance is too far and exceeds the transmission range.
Moreover, Li Wenjun said that in mountains or places with dense high-rise buildings, the signal propagation distance will be greatly reduced.
Tao Guangming shouted while continuing to run towards the county seat, not daring to stop for a moment.
The breathing of the two people, the panicked footsteps and Tao Guangming's call echoed over the valley, startling the birds in the mountains and flying away.
Qin Junsheng was too weak to keep up with Tao Guangming, and was afraid of being left behind, so he could only stop and go and run crookedly.
Tao Guangming knew that he couldn't rush hard at the beginning of long-distance running, otherwise he wouldn't be able to run far or fast at all, so he kept maintaining a constant speed and wouldn't be out of breath.
Unexpectedly, Li Wenjun caught him practicing morning jogging before, and it would come in handy on such an occasion.
After running for almost half an hour, Tan Dailei's intermittent voice came from inside: "Brother Guangming, what's wrong?"
Tao Guangming did not dare to stop. He gasped and said: "Quickly, call the police. Li Wenjun was kidnapped and 180,000 in cash was taken away. They went towards Yan County. Also, arrest Gu Ziqiang immediately for interrogation.
He is with the robbers, we must not let him escape."
Qin Junsheng collapsed at Tao Guangming's feet: "I really can't run anymore."
Tao Guangming said: "It doesn't matter. We have contacted Tan Dailei now and he will drive to pick us up. We just need to walk back slowly."
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Tan Dailei asked Liu Dongsheng to drive Tao Guangming's car, and arrived next to Tao Guangming and Qin Junsheng an hour later.
Tao Guangming got in the car and the first thing he said was to ask: "Have you caught Gu Ziqiang?"
Tan Dailei said: "We caught him. He went to the long-distance bus station overnight and hid inside, preparing to escape on the first bus tomorrow morning. After the police received my call, they immediately went to arrest him."
Tao Guangming: "In other words, he is in the Public Security Bureau now?"
Tan Dailei said: "Yes, the police are interrogating him."
Tao Guangming gritted his teeth and said, "Send me to the Public Security Bureau. Even if I skin him, I still have to ask where those people are going."
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As soon as Li Wenjun and Tao Guangming approached the county seat, their pagers started buzzing.
Tao Guangming glanced at Li Wenjun's pager, which was full of messages from Gu Zhanyan.
"Where have you been? Why haven't you come back for dinner?"
"Call back when you have time, I'm so worried."
"Call back."
"call back."
"Please call me back."
Tao Guangming gritted his teeth and held back tears, not wanting to be so embarrassed by crying in front of Liu Dongsheng and Tan Dailei.
He turned on his pager again, and it was filled with messages from Ji Rushi, which were very similar to those from Li Wenjun.
"Where did he go? He's not coming back, and he's not calling."
"call back."
"Do you want to come back and kneel on the washboard?"
"I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so cruel. Please call me back."
"Call back, please."
Tao Guangming put down the pager and covered his face.
Liu Dongsheng was picked up from bed by Tan Dailei in the middle of the night, and he had no idea what was going on.
When he picked up people just now, he only saw Tao Guangming and Qin Junsheng, but not Li Wenjun, so he felt something was wrong. The three of them clearly went out together in the morning.
At this moment, when he saw Tao Guangming like this in the rear mirror, he felt even worse, but he couldn't ask more questions. He could only drive nervously and glance at Tao Guangming and the others from time to time.
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Before the car stopped in front of the public security bureau, Tao Guangming jumped out of the car.
It's not completely dark yet. The Public Security Bureau is usually quiet at this time, with only one or two people on duty, but today it's brightly lit.
Just from the lights in every room, you can see everyone's tension and anxiety.
I heard that a provincial expert on a key project of the central government was robbed and held hostage. The Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Provincial Public Security Bureau both sent people over overnight, and Tao Guangming and the others arrived a little earlier.
Tao Guangming first used the phone on the desk at the reception desk of the Public Security Bureau to make a call to Tao Guanghui.
Tao Guanghui picked up the phone and scolded: "You brat, where have you been all night? You made Rushi and I anxious. You have a limit on going out, so at least give home a call first."
Tao Guangming said: "We were hijacked."
Tao Guanghui's voice was immediately strangled in his throat.
Tao Guangming said: "Li Wenjun persuaded the kidnappers to let us go. He was caught by the kidnappers alone in the mountains. I want to save him. I won't tell you more. If Gu Zhanyan calls, just say Li Wenjun
You're drunk, so sleep in my room now and don't spill the beans."
Tao Guanghui was obviously frightened and cried, and said with a nasal voice: "How could this happen, what should I do, what should I do. You can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it for a lifetime."
Tao Guangming: "I can't help it. When that bastard left, he asked me to hide it for him. I can't help him even with this little thing. Please help me call Rushi and tell her in the same words, so that she doesn't have to tell her.
Gu Zhanyan talks nonsense."
After hanging up the phone, Li Wenjun's pager rang again.
Tao Guangming knew without looking that it must be Gu Zhanyan calling.
He stared at the phone, took a deep breath, and then dialed Li Wenjun's home phone number.
As expected, Gu Zhanyan didn't unplug the phone line tonight, and the call was connected immediately.
"Hello."
Her voice was trembling.
Tao Guangming said in the most relaxed voice he felt: "Ah, Teacher Gu, I'm sorry. Li Wenjun withdrew too much money today. We were so happy that he got drunk after eating in the restaurant at night. I saw that he was very drunk, so I took him
Go back to my house and sleep. I have a severe headache, so I won’t tell you. Li Wenjun will come back when he wakes up, so don’t worry. You can also tell your uncle and aunt so that they don’t worry."
